Interview Skills Worksheet: Workplace Etiquette
Tip (Respect the work, time and people): Good: arriving on time, greeting coworkers, asking when unsure, owning your mistakes, meeting deadlines, phone on silent, respecting others’ time. Poor: gossiping, long personal calls, taking others’ credit, hiding a mistake, arriving late, ignoring instructions, leaving without telling. Feedback from a supervisor: “Thanks, I’ll fix it.” Will be late or absent? Inform in advance.
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- 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long personal calls (b) leaving without telling (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) ignoring instructions
- 2.True or false: “taking others’ credit” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) respecting others’ time (b) arriving on time (c) arriving late daily (d) phone on silent
- 4.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) leave it ringing (b) answer every call (c) turn up the volume (d) set it to silent
- 5.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) arriving on time (b) respecting others’ time (c) gossiping about others (d) meeting deadlines
- 6.True or false: “hiding a mistake” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 7.True or false: “ignoring instructions” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking when unsure (b) arriving on time (c) long personal calls (d) meeting deadlines
- 9.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: keeping your desk tidy? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 10.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: taking others’ credit? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 11.🏢 You will be late tomorrow because of a doctor’s visit. What should you do? (a) say nothing (b) inform in advance (c) just come late (d) skip the whole day
- 12.True or false: “hiding a mistake” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving without telling (b) asking when unsure (c) long personal calls (d) arriving late daily
- 14.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) greeting coworkers (c) gossiping about others (d) rude replies on chat
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long personal calls (b) gossiping about others (c) phone on silent (d) ignoring instructions
- 16.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: ignoring instructions? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 17.🏢 A coworker is speaking in a meeting and you have a point. What is best? (a) leave the room (b) roll your eyes (c) wait for your turn (d) interrupt loudly
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meeting deadlines (b) respecting others’ time (c) rude replies on chat (d) asking when unsure
- 19.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: long personal calls? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 20.🏢 On your first day, you don’t understand a task. What should you do? (a) guess and hope (b) ask a customer (c) ask politely (d) do nothing
- 21.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) arriving on time (b) phone on silent (c) leaving without telling (d) greeting coworkers
- 22.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) meeting deadlines (b) taking others’ credit (c) respecting others’ time (d) greeting coworkers
- 23.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) taking others’ credit (b) arriving late daily (c) long personal calls (d) meeting deadlines
- 24.True or false: “rude replies on chat” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 25.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) ignoring instructions (c) respecting others’ time (d) gossiping about others
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring instructions (b) arriving on time (c) gossiping about others (d) taking others’ credit
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) taking others’ credit (b) respecting others’ time (c) gossiping about others (d) ignoring instructions
- 28.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: asking when unsure? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 29.True or false: “leaving without telling” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: greeting coworkers? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 31.🏢 Your supervisor gives you feedback on your work. What should you say? (a) “Thanks, I’ll fix it.” (b) “Whatever.” (c) “I quit.” (d) “Not my fault.”
- 32.True or false: “arriving on time” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 33.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) respecting others’ time (b) owning your mistakes (c) phone on silent (d) hiding a mistake
- 34.True or false: “asking when unsure” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 35.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: gossiping about others? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 37.True or false: “arriving late daily” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 38.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) arriving late daily (c) owning your mistakes (d) ignoring instructions
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) gossiping about others (b) rude replies on chat (c) hiding a mistake (d) greeting coworkers
- 40.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) leaving without telling (b) arriving late daily (c) phone on silent (d) rude replies on chat
Answer key
- keeping your desk tidy
- False
- arriving late daily
- set it to silent
- gossiping about others
- True
- True
- long personal calls
- a good work habit
- a poor work habit
- inform in advance
- False
- asking when unsure
- greeting coworkers
- phone on silent
- a poor work habit
- wait for your turn
- rude replies on chat
- a poor work habit
- ask politely
- leaving without telling
- taking others’ credit
- meeting deadlines
- True
- respecting others’ time
- arriving on time
- respecting others’ time
- a good work habit
- False
- a good work habit
- “Thanks, I’ll fix it.”
- True
- hiding a mistake
- True
- False
- a poor work habit
- True
- owning your mistakes
- greeting coworkers
- phone on silent
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